Environmental health Types of food poisoning and waterborne infections organisms

Common types of food and water borne illness

The following list contains some of the common diseases associated with food poisoning

• Salmonella 
  
• E-coli O157 
  
• Cryptosporidium 
  
• Listeria 
  
• Shigella (Dysentery) 
  
• Typhoid and Paratyphoid Enteric Fever
  
• Hepatitis A
  
• Giardia 
  
• Cyclospora 
  
• Clostridium Perfringens 
  
• Campylobacter

Viral Gastroenteritis

Viral Gastroenteritis (Norovirus) can give food poisoning type symptoms.